Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Creator Battles is a new type of challenge that gives an artist, or writer, the opportunity to test themselves. We set up certain creative goals, that must be achieved, in a very short amount of time.

Each creator will choose two goals they wish to go for and they'll have 10 minutes to make it happen. One type of goal is, without practice, writing 275 words of a flash story. This story is then turned over to an artist who must create at least 1 page that's influenced by that story.

Each creator will only have 10 minutes to complete the challenge. Once the 10 minutes expires, the battle is joined!

We then post the battle on our website and you can have your friends rate the work on 4 main criteria. This helps each creator get ranked.

PAST EVENTS

The IRONHAND Comics Day TriathlonOctober 4th, 201424-Hour Comics Day and APE are Joining Forces

The original, "pure" version of 24HCD is about creating a new 24 page comic book in 24 consecutive hours. For 10 years creators all over the world have taken this challenge, but it hasn't grown as much as we'd like it to...and here's why. It's hard to carve out 24 consecutive hours in order to do it. We think it's time for a change...

We are adding 3 Checkpoints to the event, as individual 8-hour sprints.
If you take the full 24 hour challenge (includes all 3 sprints) you can attempt to achieve the 24HCD IronHand.
But if you can only finish one 8-hour sprint, that's Great! You'll receive a goal pin for every sprint you finish.

Collect all 3 pins, get to the top of the 24 hours, and you'll receive the coveted IronHand, proof that you completed the 24HCD "pure" challenge.

October 4th and 5th, 2014We are Showing our Catalog at the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco, CA.

Our mission is to help creative people break through their creative barriers.

Every creator needs resources when they are searching for ways to set free their self expression. Sometimes those resources are people and other times its tools created by other artists. We've dedicated ourselves to coming up with original and new tools that definitely help. Come visit us at our booth and learn more about what we are doing.

24HCD is FUN but it's tough. It's a challenge. It's a marathon of beautiful comics creation.

So like any marathon, experienced participants always recommend that you should train, practice, and inform yourself about the marathon you'll be doing. That way you get the most out of the experience.

This is EXACTLY what the Blitz Comics 24HCD Survival Guide does.

It's a 74 page beast full of tips, tricks, traps to avoid, recommendations, and encouragement for all levels of participation. It has 13 original exercises that spark ideas for story, plot, panel layouts, and inner creativity and it does it in our original visual style.
Listen, we won't tell you how you should create your comics, that's up to you, but we do give you the benefit of our years of experience completing this challenge (both in failing and succeeding).

It comes from our own experiences and includes most of the boneheaded mistakes we made, the revelations we uncovered and how we bounced back from the 3AM darkness and succeeded!

We Are Speaking on a 24HCD Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2014!

Yes you read that right. We will be talking about the last 10 years and how we've come a long way from that odd challenge made by Scott McCloud.

We have partnered with ComicsPRO as co-organizers, and will be talking about what the future holds for 24HCD. You won't want to miss this.

Here are the details:

Celebration of 24 Hour Comic Day:

Friday, July 25th 2014

5:15PM - 6:15PM

Room 18

Panel Description:

2014 is the 10th anniversary of 24 Hour Comic Day. Please come by and celebrate with us! We'll reminisce about past years while also discussing how to make October 4th, 2014 the best 24 Hour Comic Day ever.

Nathan and Anthony with be guest panel speakers talking about how and why they created the 24HCD Survival Guide and how it has helped thousands of artists worldwide complete the challenge. They will sit next to the founder of the event, Nat Gertler, and share the stories and experiences that this unique event brings every year in October.

Free Comic Book Day at Hijinx Comics in San Jose, Ca.

We will be raffling off 10 Limited Run copies of our 2014 Comic Creator Kit. You won't be able to get these anywhere else, and they're autographed too by the co-creators Anthony and Nathan!

Come out and get free comics. Introduce someone new to reading comic books. The world needs more people using their imaginations.

Visit us at Stan Lee's Comikaze Comic Expo in Los Angeles, CA!

This is our first year going to this Comic Expo. It's going to be loads of fun and we'd love to see you there. Find us and come say Hi.

2013 - 24HCD Survival Guide Release

Date: September 15th, 2013

Time: 3pm

This internationally successful guide has been revised and updated for 2013. If you are participating in 24 Hour Comic Day this is the guide you need to own. We go deep into what the challenge is and what it takes to complete. It even has step by step instructions on what you can do to succeed. It gives you the inside scoop.

After you read this it will fill you with confidence and happiness that you can do this. We have your back. We want you to succeed. This guide has helped us and it will help you too.

2nd Annual Blitzn' Comics Event

Date: September 16th, 2012

Time: 4:30pm to 7pm

Address:

3520 20th St. Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94110
Ph. # 415-695-1545

Hosted by Leef Smith, owner of the BEst Comic Shop in San Francisco.

1st Annual Blitzn' Comics Event

Introduction to Blitzn' Comics, Simplifying the Process. Then moving into practicing some of elements of comic book creation and how they help Get it Done. Ending with everyone creating a full comic page using all our best 'Hecka Fast Techniques™'.